# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has called for the prioritisation of the empowerment of women to promote economic growth and social equality. He addressed the inaugural P20 Women’s Parliament of the seventh administration. South Africa holds the second position among G20 nations regarding female representation, with women constituting 42-percent of the members in Parliament. Mashatile says true democracy […]
# The MK Party has filed an urgent application in the Gauteng High Court to overturn president Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to place Police minister Senzo Mchunu on leave of absence, and appoint professor Firoz Cachalia as acting minister. This comes after the Constitutional Court refused the party direct access in July, citing that the matter […]
# The trial in the murder case of rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes and his friend and businessman, Tebello Motsoane, will be heard in July next year. The pair were shot and killed in Durban’s popular Florida Road in February 2023. Five men are accused of conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of murder, as well […]
# The DA says the most damaging economic roadblock is the policy of black economic empowerment. The ANC has defended BEE, saying it is necessary to push transformation in the country. Professor William Gumede has calculated that the effects of BEE have been 100 politically connected individuals receiving one-trillion-rand through BEE. The DA’s Mark Burke […]
# Twee jong boere en vennote, Willem van der Merwe en Francois Du Toit, asook Tiaan Barkhuizen is as finaliste gekies vir die TLU SA se kompetisie vir Jong Boer van die Jaar. Die kompetisie word reeds die afgelope 24 jaar aangebied en vier jong landbouleiers. Van der Merwe en Du Toit van Chrissiesmeer, Mpumalanga […]
# Die ANC se parlementêre koukus sê die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, se besluit om die BELA-wet se regulasies deur ʼn geleidelike proses bekend te maak, is verregaande. Die minister het verlede week die eerste twee regulasies onder dié wet vir openbare kommentaar uitgegee. Die regulasies hou verband met belangrike kwessies soos skooltoelating. […]
# Die DA in Gauteng is erg bekommerd omdat die Weskoppies-hospitaal in Pretoria slegs 600 uit een-duisend-en-67 beskikbare beddens gebruik weens personeeltekorte en die sluiting van onveilige geboue. Die LUR vir Gesondheid, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, het onthul daar is 92 vakante poste en ses uit die 31 sale is tydelik gesluit. Jack Bloom van die DA […]
# Die Walter Sisulu Universiteit in die Oos-Kaap het sy Toastmasters-klub bekendgestel, ‘n belangrike mylpaal in sy verbintenis tot die lewering van selfversekerde, welsprekende gegradueerdes wat loopbaangereed is. Toastmasters is ‘n internasionale program wat ontwerp is om mense te help om hul openbare redevoering, kommunikasie- en leierskapsvaardighede deur oefening en terugvoer te verbeter. Khanyisa Mbali […]
# Die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking sê Suid-Afrika verwerp die Amerikaanse Departement van Buitelandse Sake se verslag oor menseregtepraktyke in die land. Die verkorte opsomming van die verslag lui dat die menseregte-situasie in die land gedurende die jaar aansienlik versleg het, met die ondertekening van die Wetsontwerp op Onteiening in Desember. Die departement […]
